Storage Architectures

WHITE PAPER: In HPC data management, traditional standards-based solutions have been limited in performance and scalability, but proprietary, high-performance solutions have required specific expertise to set up, manage, or scale. Read this Tabor Research White Paper to learn about file systems used in HPC environments as well as BlueArc storage solutions.

Posted: 02 Jul 2009 | Published: 02 Jul 2009

WHITE PAPER: This ESG White Paper discusses the importance of tiered storage, examines BlueArc's approach to intelligent tiering, and shows how it creates operational value for users' data storage infrastructures.

Posted: 02 Jul 2009 | Published: 01 Oct 2008

WHITE PAPER: The BlueArc Filesystem, SiliconFS, is the engine which drives the entire architectural platform forward. The filesystem is the foundation which enables greater performance and scalability for the entire platform. This document describes to the latest version of SiliconFS.

Posted: 02 Jul 2009 | Published: 02 Jul 2009

ASSESSMENT TOOL: Need help narrowing in on what you need for increased business reliance on email, e-Discovery risk, backup risk and/or archiving need? Take the health check from Sun and Symantec and get your optimum health results for your data retention system.

Posted: 01 Jul 2009 | Published: 01 Jul 2009

WHITE PAPER: This paper details a few of the possible deployment scenarios when using Sun Storage 7000 Unified Storage System (called Unified Storage System hereon ) with Vmware Infrastructure ESX 3.5. This paper also describes how each of the deployment differs from one another.

Posted: 30 Jun 2009 | Published: 08 Dec 2008

ANALYST BRIEF: With all protocols and storage features included in the cost of the system, Sun claims its new unified platform delivers significant performance gains and cost benefits versus proprietary unified storage solutions.

Posted: 30 Jun 2009 | Published: 01 May 2006

VIDEO: In this expert videocast, Greg Forest from Contoural diagrams a typical file-archiving system and details the software and hardware components that comprise a file-archiving architecture. He also explains best practices for organizing tiered storage for the best performance, availability and cost savings.

Posted: 26 Jun 2009 | Premiered: 26 Jun 2009

VIDEO: This HP Video shows how the HP StorageWorks EVA6400/8400 is an ideal fit with Microsoft Hyper-V virtualization technology.

Posted: 22 Jun 2009 | Premiered: 22 Jun 2009

TRIAL SOFTWARE: There is simply no compromise when it comes to protecting your data, and making it fast and easy to recover. That is why over 1.5 million users worldwide have chosen Symantec's Backup Exec family, the leading Windows backup and recovery solution.

Posted: 16 Jun 2009 | Published: 16 Jun 2009

EBOOK: This eBook provides comprehensive information about servers and server implementation to help IT managers choose the best option for their storage needs.

Posted: 15 Jun 2009 | Published: 01 Jun 2009

EBOOK: This eBook will walk you through some of the key steps to setting up a dedicated server room. Whether your server project is large or small, having a dedicated server room will allow you to store backup disks, blades, equipment, and also allow you to have an onsite console for administrators.

Posted: 15 Jun 2009 | Published: 15 Apr 2009

VIDEOCAST: This video reviews the new developments in flash technology on storage. Flash is the most exciting thing to happen in storage in about 50 years. It's the first new physical medium that has allowed developers to rethink how they architect storage systems. Flash is fast, cost-efficient, and power-efficient.

Posted: 15 Jun 2009 | Premiered: 01 Jun 2009

WHITE PAPER: How will platform and content access interruptions affect productivity, revenue, and compliance-related exposure? This document will analyze common consequences of such interruptions and discuss why successful SharePoint deployments require effective management, vigorous protection, diligent compliance protocols, and continuous availability.

Posted: 11 Jun 2009 | Published: 01 Aug 2008

WHITE PAPER: In this solution brief learn how the Dell EqualLogic™ PS Series can provide a fully virtualized storage infrastructure that delivers high availability, resiliency, flexibility, and scalability that is simple and cost-effective to deploy, manage and grow.

Posted: 09 Jun 2009 | Published: 03 Nov 2008

WHITE PAPER: This paper proposes several sample virtualization architectures based on Dell's server and storage products. Architectures are divided into three main categories: Small, Medium, and Large. These categories are based on the features and capacity of each product, as well as the complexity of the overall architecture.

Posted: 09 Jun 2009 | Published: 05 Dec 2008

WHITE PAPER: Quest's technical brief discusses how Quest's Storage Horizon® makes storage in VMware environments more efficient and cost effective. Read it today.

Posted: 08 Jun 2009 | Published: 16 Jan 2009

CASE STUDY: An aging, proprietary enterprise resource planning (ERP) system at Kelly Tractor limited the company's ability to integrate information from separate departments and build new, innovative sales and services tools. Read how the company benefited from Dell and VMware virtualization.

Posted: 01 Jun 2009 | Published: 01 Jul 2008

WHITE PAPER: Dell and VMware have partnered to offer a cost-effective, high-availability architecture based on Dell™ server and storage clusters and VMware® vCenter Site Recovery Manager (SRM) - one designed to minimize scheduled and unscheduled downtime.

Posted: 01 Jun 2009 | Published: 01 Mar 2009

EBOOK: Virtualization, the convergence of data and storage networks, and the evolution of how and where people work are all changing the way the data center should be designed. This e-book examines the issues and offers strategies for developing a data center network that will stand the test of time and emerging technology. Read on to learn more.

Posted: 29 May 2009 | Published: 29 May 2009

BROCHURE: Read this free trial guide to see which Sun storage solution works best for you. Choose from a variety of options such as theSun Storage Unified Storage Systems, Sun StorageTek systems, and many more.

Posted: 29 May 2009 | Published: 29 May 2009

BOOK: In this chapter of <i>The Green and Virtual Data Center</i>, Greg Schultz, Founder and a Senior Analyst for the StorageIO Group, discusses how to deal with the increased management costs and complexity of ever expanding data footprints, green data storage management concerns, and storage virtualization.

Posted: 27 May 2009 | Published: 27 May 2009

CASE STUDY: Partnering with Data Domain has bolstered GMAC-RFC's confidence in its enterprise data protection infrastructure. Today, the backup and restore process is streamlined and reliable, and rapid disaster recovery (DR) response times enable GMAC-RFC to ensure business continuity.

Posted: 26 May 2009 | Published: 01 May 2008

WEBCAST: Watch this webcast to learn how Dell and VMware are delivering integrated enterprise solutions to help reduce the cost of IT, as well as some best practices and planning considerations for cost efficiently deploying a virtual data center.

Posted: 13 May 2009 | Premiered: Available On Demand

WHITE PAPER: IT organizations of all sizes are struggling to deal with the tremendous growth in data and the complexity of managing it all. The march of digital applications and the data they create continues at a rapid pace, even in today's difficult economic times. IDC forecasts that external disk storage capacity will grow 50% through 2010.</p>

Posted: 12 May 2009 | Published: 01 May 2009

PRODUCT LITERATURE: Today's storage systems are often proprietary, expensive to manage, and rigid to deploy. In contrast, Sun Open Storage products, including innovative software and Sun Storage J4200, J4400, and J4500 arrays, offer a fresh alternative that can help organizations create a fast, reliable, and open storage infrastructure for less.

Posted: 11 May 2009 | Published: 01 May 2008